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Definition of Disincline
1. Verb. Make unwilling.
Generic synonyms: Determine, Influence, Mold, Regulate, Shape
Derivative terms: Disinclination, Indisposition
Antonyms: Dispose
Definition of Disincline
1. v. t. To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Definition of Disincline
1. Verb. Opposite of to incline; to make reluctant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disincline
1. [v -CLINED, -CLINING, -CLINES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disincline
Literary usage of Disincline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"THE WORLD'S ADVANCE JUDGE mildly the tasked world; and disincline To brand it,
for it bears a heavy pack. You have perchance observed the ..."
2. Letters to Edward Hookham and Percy B. Shelley by Thomas Love Peacock, Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.) (1910)
"In July, 1836, Peacock became Chief Examiner at the India House, and the addition
to his cares and responsibilities would probably disincline him to ..."
3. Retrospections of an Active Life by John Bigelow (1909)
"... disincline us from political propagandism, and although they still more strongly
disincline us from seeking aggrandisement by means of military conquest ..."
4. The Works of William H. Seward by William Henry Seward (1890)
"I think it not improper to add, that although the Constitution of this government
and the habits of the American people formed under it disincline us from ..."
5. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1823)
"Were they such madmen as to have desired to alienate their men from their officers,
and to disincline others from entering into the army of which they were ..."
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